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To all whom it may conce/rn;

PIIELIJS, or ELMWooD, ILLINOIS.

Lene/rs Paten No. 100,707, damIMmh 15, 1870.

'VENTILATOR `The Schedule referred'to in these'Letters Patent and makingpart f the same.

Beit known that I, W. E. PHELrs, of Elmwood, in the county of Peoria,and State of Illinois, have invented a' new and useful Method of 'SummerVentilation for Buildings, 85e., of which thev following is a,specilication.`

The nature and object of my invention consist in providing an economicalmethod for reducing the temperature oi' the air in therooms the summermonths. I

The accompanying drawing represents an isometrical view of a house, theroot' and flooring being cut away to expose the arrangement of thecellaror foundaton.

A represents the walls of the foundation. B, the ordinary furnace-roomfor heatingV the building. during cold weather.

O isa room for fuel, &c. f. Eis a chamber containing ice, water,'orother aircooler, through or around which may be conducted anof'buildings ,during air-tube or duchas shown by the `dotted line, e, inthe drawing, communicating with air-chamber. D, into which the meltedic'e drains under the partition.

The outer wall of chamber D is pierced nearto the ceiling, with a hole,d', communicating with the outer air,and in which may be tted anairtube,`d, leading to thetop of the house, furnished with the necessaryappliances to induce a downward draught of air. 1t also communicateswith chamber B by a 4hole or passage, Ll, at the door.v

G is another chamber of the cellar, in which is a lire place, fm',communicating with a chimney or duct, O.V

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`S, the airfpipes leading from furnace-chamber B, and communicating withthe upper chambers by registers V.

Air is admitted into chamber D through hole d' or f.

theair-tube fitted thereon, as described, and is cooled either bypassing over the ice-water in the bottom of the chamber, or by passingthrough or around the airtube e in chamber E, and'having thus becomecooled, i it passes into chamber B through the aperture in theparttion'between chambers Band D, and iinds its Way into either of 'thefurnace pipes or dues, S, and thence by registers V into the rooms.

Whendesirable, the draught may be increased-.by making a fire infire-place m', which will induce a more rapid circulation of the cooledair.

I claim- 1. The arrangement of ice or other air-cooling chamber, E, withor without air-pipee, and draining into air-chamber D, air-chamber Dhaving airfpassages :l dd, pipes S, and registers V, of an ordinaryheating-furnace, the whole combined to 'operate substantially as and forthe purpose specified. d

2. The arrangement of fire-place m and iue or duet O, in combinationwith air-chamber D, cooling-chamber E, as described, pipes S, andregisters V, substantially -as and for the purpose specified.

W. E. PHELPS.

Witnesse-sz'- JOHN A. Ruler-IARD, J. B. HARsH.

F is the flooring of the upper chambers of thehousel."

